douching

douching

Gynecology The rinsing of the vagina and cervix with water or other solutions; as a contraceptive method, it is essentially useless; because the vagina has a normal acidic environment which is protective, frequent douching is ill-advised

Dr Awolude declared that douching is not good, adding that research have found associations between douching and reduced fertility, HIV, yeast infections, pelvic inflammatory disease and other s3xually transmitted diseases.

Females in the intervention group reported a reduction in douching compared with those in the control group: Over the 12-month follow-up period, women in the intervention douched 56% less often than controls.

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